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Ill admit that when I attended the MagicCon Amsterdam preview panel, MTG Duskmourn wasnt my top priority.
After all, horror is pretty well-tread ground in Magic: The Gathering.
So, what could Duskmourn offer that previous horror-themed sets didnt?
It turns out that the answer lies in one small but important distinction.
As he puts it, We were very inspired by horror media from the last 30 or 40 years.
There are many negative tropes in 80s horror that I wanted to avoid as well.
The team was very cognizant of that.
Who is the jock?
Who is the nerd who comes up with some machine to help everyone?
From there, we matched them to several characters.
Some came very late into the process, and some came quite fast.
You know, Zimone came like this [snaps fingers] Of course, she is our genius.
Of course, Duskmourn isnt entering uncharted waters with its nostalgia-leaden, glitchy horror aesthetic.
In Cartagenas words, We’re definitely responding to the audience’s excitement for Analog Horror.
That feeling of being disconnected, being not in sync with the world.
[The anachronisms] are thematic and very resonant with modern tastes.
However, the place of Giallo cinema in Duskmourns development offers more than a hipster, cooler-than-thou reference.
For example, Giallos visual influence is especially clear in cards like Screaming Nemesis.
If youre already sold on this spooky set, why notpre-orderyour precon deck or boosters now?
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